Here is Gregg Text-Kit 1 in Diamond Jubilee from 1965. It is a box set, part of Gregg’s adult continuing education series. It includes a textbook, key transcript, and even the self-check test pad. This kit also includes 6 records, which I have digitized into mp3 files with the help of Audacity. It represents a semester’s worth of study.
The text has 2 parts. Part 1 has 30 lessons, and Part 2 has 10 review lessons (so, 40 lessons total). The self-check test sheets and textbook had quite a bit of handwriting on them, though, but I used white-out as best as I could to clean them up. The shorthand was written by Charles Radar. The recordings start out at 40 wpm and end with 80 wpm by the sixth record.
There is a Gregg Text-Kit 2 that follows this set for a second semester’s worth of study.
A word about the numbering system for the recordings: You’ll see a series of numbers for the name for each mp3. The first recording looks like this: 1-1-1-1-3-28-40. It looks more complicated than it is, but I had to come up with something to keep them all straight!
1st number = the Gregg Kit # (there were two of them that were made)
2nd number = the record # in the kit (there are 6 records in the kit)
3rd number = the side # of the record (side 1 or 2)
4th number = the band # on the record
5th number = section # in the textbook
6th number = paragraph # in the textbook
7th number = words per minute of the dictation recording
So, stated simply for recording 1-1-1-1-3-28-40:
Gregg Shorthand 1 – Record 1 – Side 1 – Band 1 – Section 3 – Paragraph 28 – 40 wpm
The last 3 numbers are the ones you will probably refer to the most when doing your dictations.
Merry (belated) Christmas from the “Shorthand Preservation Society”!
Attachment: Gregg-Text-Kit-1.zip